There are two semesters in an academic year, the fall semester, and the spring semester. Each semester lasts for 13 weeks of teaching and three (3) weeks of examination. Courses in the winter and spring semesters are re-examined during the September term.
In the event of an impediment to a course, the course will be made up. The date and time of the make-up are posted on the website of the MA Attendance of courses/workshops etc. is compulsory. A postgraduate student is considered to have attended a course (and is therefore entitled to sit the examinations) only if he/she has attended at least 70% of the course hours. Otherwise, the postgraduate student is obliged to attend the course again in the following academic year. If the student's absence rate exceeds 30% of the total number of courses, the student will be subject to withdrawal. This issue is examined by the Board, which gives its opinion to the Department Assembly.
The assessment of postgraduate students and their performance in the courses they are requiredto attend within the framework of the MA is carried out at the end of each semester through written or oral examinations or through the completion of assignments throughout the semester or may be based on mid-term progress examinations, written assignments, laboratory or clinical exercises or a combination of all the above. The method of assessment is determined by the lecturer of each course. When conducting written or oral examinations as methods of assessment, it is mandatory to ensure the integrity of the process. Grading shall be on a scale of 1-10. The results of the examinations are announced by the lecturer and sent to the Secretariat of the MA and the Department within four (4) weeks at the latest after the examination of the course. In case the above limit is repeatedly exceeded by a lecturer, the Director of the MA
informs the Department Assembly.
The percentage of participation of laboratory exercises, assignments and seminars in the final grade of each course is determined for each course separately, following the recommendation of the lecturer of each course. In order to meet exceptional needs or circumstances of force majeure, alternative assessment methods, such as written or oral examinations using electronic means, may be used, provided that the integrity of the assessment process is guaranteed.
Alternative methods may be applied for the assessment of students with significant cognitive disabilities and special educational needs following the decision of the Board and the recommendation of the Disability Committee of the Department and taking into account the
relevant guidelines of the Accessibility Unit for Students with Disabilities.
The assessment of students in second cycle programmes of study organized by distance education methods may be carried out by means of distance examinations, provided that the impartiality of the assessment process is ensured.
In cases of illness or recovery from a serious illness, the lecturer is recommended to facilitate the student in any way he/she deems appropriate (e.g. oral remote examination). During oral examinations the teacher shall ensure that he/she is not alone with the student being examined.
Courses in which a student has not obtained a pass mark must be repeated. However, the laboratory or exercise that is independently graded is retained and not repeated if the attendance of these was deemed successful.
Correction of a grade is allowed if there has been an obvious omission or cumulative error,
following a letter from the lecturer concerned and a decision by the Departmental Assembly.
If the student fails more than three (3) times in the same course, the procedure laid down by the legislation in force will be followed.
The papers are kept for two (2) years and must be kept in the custody of the person in charge of the course. After this period, the papers cease to be valid and a record is drawn up andthe destroyed under the responsibility of the Departmental Assembly - unless there are pending criminal, disciplinary or any other administrative proceedings.
In calculating the grade of the degree, account is taken of the weight of each course in the curriculum, expressed in terms of the number of credits (ECTS). The number of ECTS credits of a course is also the weighting factor for that course. The degree is calculated by multiplying the grade of each course by the corresponding number of credits (of the course) and dividing the total sum of the individual products by the total number of credits required for the degree.
This calculation shall be expressed in the following formula:
Degree grade = (N/ BMk ·MTk)/TNC
where:
N = number of courses required for the corresponding degree
BMk = grade of the course k
MTk = credit points of the course k
TNC = total number of credits needed to obtain the corresponding qualification
In order to obtain a Master's degree, each postgraduate student is required to attend and successfully pass all the compulsory courses and the required number of selected courses of the programme and to prepare a postgraduate thesis, thus accumulating 120 ECTS.
M.A. thesis
The assignment of a postgraduate thesis (M.Α.Thesis) is made after the completion of all the courses of the programme and the successful examination in them.
The M.A. Thesis must be individual, original, of a research nature and written according to the writing guidelines posted on the MA website and listed in Part B of this Guide.
Following a request by the candidate, in which the proposed title of the thesis, the supervisor and an abstract of the proposed thesis are indicated, the Coordination Committee of the MA appoints the supervisor of the thesis and constitutes the three-member examination committee for the approval of the thesis, one of whose members is the supervisor. The language of the thesis may be English or Greek and shall be specified together with the definition of the topic.
The title of the thesis may be finalised upon application by the student and the agreement of the supervisor to the Coordinating Committee of the MA.
For the thesis to be approved, the student must defend it before the three-member examination committee.
The Supervisor and the members of the three-member examination committee of the Master's thesis are appointed from the following categories who have undertaken teaching work in the Master's programme:
a) members of Teaching Research Staff (TRS.), Special Teaching Staff (S.T.S), Laboratory Teaching Staff (L.T.S.) of the Department or other Departments of the UoA or other Higher Educational Institution or other Higher Military Educational Institution with additional
employment beyond their legal obligations, if the MA Programme has tuition fees,
b) Professors Emeritus or retired members of the Department or other Departments of the NKUA or other higher education institutions,
c) associate professors,
d) appointed lecturers
e) visiting professors or visiting researchers,
f) researchers and special functional scientists of research and technological institutions of article 13A of Law No. 4310/2014 (A' 258) or other research centres and institutes of the country or abroad.
By decision of the Coordinating Committee of the Master's Degree Programme, the supervision of theses may be assigned to members of the Department's faculty, Special Teaching Staff, Laboratoray Teaching Staff, Special Technical Laboratory Teaching Staff, who have not undertaken teaching work in the Master's Degree Programme.
The postgraduate theses, if approved by the examination committee, are obligatorily posted in the Digital Repository "PERGAMOS", according to the decisions of the Senate of the University of Athens.
If the thesis contains original results that have not been published, only the abstracts may be published on the website upon request of the supervisor, which is co-signed by the postgraduatepublished student, and the full text may be published later.
Award of the Master’s degree of Postgraduate Studies
The student completes the studies for the award of a Master’s Degree (MA) by completing the minimum number of courses and credits required for the award of the M.Sc., as well as the successful completion of the postgraduate thesis. The Assembly of the Department determines the completion of the studies in order to award the Master’s Degree. Upon completion of the above procedure, the postgraduate student is issued a certificate of completion of studies, loses his/her student status and ceases to participate in the collective bodies of the University administration.
The oath of graduation is not a constitutive type of successful completion of studies, but it is a necessary condition for the award of title. The inauguration takes place within the framework of the Assembly of the Faculty/Department of Theatre Studies and in the premises of the Department or Faculty, in the presence of the Director of the MA, the President of the Department/Dean of the Faculty or his/her Deputy and, if possible, a representative of the Rector. Upon completion of the above procedure, the postgraduate student is issued a certificate of completion of studies, loses his/her student status and ceases to participate in the collective
bodies of the University administration.
The MA certifies the successful completion of the studies and indicates a grade, to two decimal places, according to the following scale: Excellent (8,5 to 10), Very Good (6,5 to 8,5 not including) and Good (5 to 6,5 not including).
MA is common for all Departments and Faculties of the N.K.U.A. and is included in the Regulation of Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies of the Institution.
In the framework of the PSP, a Master’s Degree is awarded in "Greek and World Theatre: Drama, Perfomance, Education"
